Fentanyl Testing Strips Highly Illegal in Texas VIDEO – DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS – Mar. 23, 2022 - Fentanyl testing strips can be used to test drugs, powders and pills for the presence of fentanyl, which is often more potent than other drugs and can be fatal. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 29 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehabTrauma
Doctor Convicted for Fraud: $112 Million In Addiction Treatment Services Never Rendered ANYTHING FOR A BUCK – March 24, 2022 - Santeiro, who is a doctor, was convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, and eight counts of healthcare fraud. He faces up to 20 years in priso... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 29 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Why is There a Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children? SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN – Mar. 23, 2022 - Last June, researchers from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine documented six unusual cases in the journal Movement Disorders. The subjects wer... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlonelinessMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
What Pets Can Teach Us About Mindfulness THE POWER OF THE DOG - AND CAT, ETC. – Mar. 24 2022 - Being brought back to the present with your pet can happen in a variety of ways. Maybe you’re walking your dog, or listening to your cat’s purrs, wat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusinterventionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Britney Spears: Victim of Societal Objectification FINALLY FREE – Mar. 24, 2022 - She may have been silenced by her conservatorship for 13 years, but Britney Spears is refusing to be silenced any longer. The singer is taking her newfound freedom to social medi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
House Full Of Children Under 8 Treated For Overdosing VIDEO – NOT THRILL PILLS – March 23, 2022 - “They were left unsupervised for a short period of time and one of the kids that have prescription medication got into it and shared with the other children here,” L... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Recovery Center’s CEO Faces Accusations of Sexual Misconduct AUDIO – FROM CASH TO CRASH – March 22, 2022 - Elizabeth is not alone. An NHPR investigation has discovered multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, abusive leadership, and retaliation by Spofford while he wa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocaterelapseTrauma
‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ Now a Mental Health Diagnosis THEIR TURN TO CRY – Mar. 22, 2022 - It will most likely open a stream of funding for research into treatments — naltrexone, a drug used to help treat addiction, is currently in clinical trials as a form of grie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionInterviewMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Overdose Deaths Reduced GOOD NEWS, FINALLY – March 21, 2022 - There is no question the state has made progress fighting the drug overdose epidemic. But evaluating that success – and deciding where to invest resources – requires lookin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 29 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters’ Drummer, Dies at 50 GONE TOO SOON – Mar. 25, 2022 - Recognizable for his flailing limbs, surfer’s good looks and wide, childlike grin, Mr. Hawkins became a member of the band led by Dave Grohl for its third album, “There Is Nothin... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictiongrammy winnerinterventionMarch 29 2022OverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
What’s Driving the Dramatic Rise In Alcohol Deaths VIDEO – BOOZE KILLS TOO...MANY – March 2022 - Judy Woodruff: We have regularly reported on the continuing rise in opioid and overdose deaths during the pandemic. But what’s gotten far less attention is a sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionlife expectancyMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic COLLATERAL DAMAGE – March 22, 2022 - Among adults younger than 65, alcohol-related deaths actually outnumbered deaths from COVID-19 in 2020; 74,408 Americans ages 16-64 died of alcohol-related causes, while 74,075 in... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusinterventionlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
4-Month-Old Shot to Death By 14 Year Old NO GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA – March 16, 2022 - The department’s Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit took the teen into custody Wednesday and transported him to the Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center while the in... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental HealthteenagersTrauma
Mrs. Doubtfire Co-Star Says Robin Williams Gave Him important Addiction Advice WISHED HE HEARD WHAT HE SAID – March 13, 2022 - Lawrence said Williams gave him a ‘gift’ by being so candid about drug addiction, and gave him an important piece of advice. ‘Don’t ever do drugs. Especially coc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Making Peace With Your Body IT STARTS RIGHT NOW – Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would be repeating some version of this refrain? Just moments before, I had listened to a whole different storyline unfold. Tw... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninternetinterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionTrauma
‘One Pill Can Kill’ VIDEO – SO CAN ONE LINE – March 18, 2022 - “In less than 12 months (in 2021), DPS crime labs took in 500 submissions of fentanyl. DPS also seized in one year, 288 million lethal doses of fentanyl in Texas,” sai... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyllife expectancyMarch 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Startups push ADHD meds through APP ads PAGING DR. TIKTOK – Mar. 13, 2022 - Combined with other social media posts and sketchy Google search results, the proliferation of drug ads on TikTok can convince kids to diagnose themselves with conditions th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionTrauma
Steep Rise in Overdoses Linked to Veterinary Tranquilizer DON’T PUT YOURSELF DOWN – MARCH, 2022 - Researchers studied 10 locations around the country, and found xylazine was involved in 6.7% of overdose deaths in 2020, compared with 0.36% in 2015. Almost all xylazine... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionMarch 22 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
What Amy Winehouse Taught Us About Denial and Alcoholism REST IN PEACE – March 8, 2022 - Denial was dangerous for Winehouse because it interfered with her ability to accept the help she needed to meet a challenge she could not overcome on her own. Pride certainly got... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Lil Bo Weep Has Passed Away VIDEO – TOO F*#KING TRAGIC – March 7, 2022 - This weekend we lost the fight for my daughter’s life against depression , trauma , PTSD and drug addiction that we have been fighting since we got her back from Am... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental HealthTrauma
Euphoria star Says Working in Porn Led to an Eating Disorder SKIN AND BONERS – Mar. 9, 2022 - With the help of mental health professionals, Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry has recovered from an eating disorder, but it’s something she’s not sure she would have developed if it wa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionInterviewMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Sabrina Burkholder’s Incredible Transformation RETURN TO AMISH STAR – March 9, 2022 - “I remember feeling very weird and that was my last thought. Half an hour later I woke up surrounded by paramedics … I was suddenly hit with memories of what happened wh... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabTrauma
It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now AUDIO – LOST AT HOME – March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as well, even though Gullett was willing to pay hundreds of dollars in cash for each session. She spent February’s Super Bo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety BOOK REVIEW – March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue their meds for one reason or another, what I’m witnessing is that there are legions of pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING – Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears to clear the way for wider use of an underutilized harm reduction technique: paying people addicted to drug... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediabuprenorphineDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
‘You Murdered My Daughter’: Relatives of OxyContin Victims Confront the Sacklers THEY KILLED THOUSANDS – March 10, 2022 - “This is a day like no other in the history of American jurisprudence,” Anne Andrews, a lawyer on a committee for 70,000 relatives and those in recovery, said just befo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMarch 15 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness CRAZY – Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave us they go right back into that TikTok community which reinforces their beliefs,” said Don Grant, exec... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetinterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Mental Health THANK YOU CAPT. OBVIOUS – Mar. 8, 2022 - It’s a lot to process. “I definitely don’t think that anybody should ever be used to seeing things like this,” Lubkova says. “But that’s kind of what it came down to. If... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Synthetic Opioids Stronger than Fentanyl in US MORE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER? – Mar 1, 2022 - Krotulski said current trends suggest nitazenes, or any other drugs for that matter, are unlikely to surpass fentanyl in their prevalence, as Mexican cartels have a... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMarch 8 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Marin Rehab Faces Sexual Abuse Lawsuit WHERE WAS HR? – Feb. 27, 2020 - Vazquez, 35, filed the lawsuit on Feb. 8 in Marin County Superior Court. The suit seeks special damages, general damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. Carter could not... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma